Frank reynolds



(No Model.) l 1:'. REYNOLDS.

APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING WATER.

Patentd Oct.. 8, 1895.

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...ihn n l f Omaha, in the county of Douglas and [State of Nebraska, have invented certain vuseful Imcompanyingdrawinga which form a part of y an efficient and economical method and appal4 ratas, more especially'adapte'd for the use of -the arrangement of the Weir-boards.

-in the claims.

I shows a top view, partly sectional, of a battery Fig. 3, a sectional elevation on the line e' z. Fig4 shows a front'detail of one of the weirposition and facing in the same direction, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 1, where I have` marked these basins A, B', C, and D. The

- lso that this basin may empty into a fifth or number could-be used. These basins are con- 'UNITED STATE-s PATENT asics. A

ALONZO B. HUN.T,

F SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR Pu RIFYING WATER.'

' srnorrrcarroN forming part ef Letters Patent No. 547,680, usted october 8,1 ses.

Application led August Z9, 1891- To aZZ 'whomv it may concern,..-

Be it known that I, FRANK REYNOLDS, of

provementsin Apparatus for Purifying Wause the same, reference being had to the acthis specification. v

This invention has relationV to a new and useful method-and apparatus for purifying and clarifying water..

Theobject of this invention :is to provide cities, whereby impure, sandy, or-nxuddy water may be purified and clarified, 'as will be described hereinafter and finally pointed out In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 oflbasins and their connections as usedin my improved method of purifying the water. Fig. Elshows a sectional elevation onthe line w;

boards. Fig. 5 is an end elevation thereof; and-Fig-..6, adetail View of the'weir, showing VSimilar letters and numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts. l

In arranging my apparatus I provide a battery, preferably o f five basins, which, when arranged to supply cities, are ofsuitable masonry and built within the ground. Four of these. basins or reservoirs are placed in juxtafourth basin (marked'D) is slightlylarger than those marked A, B, and C, extending beyond,

final reservoirE, which preferably ranges along one end ofv the three short:r basins, (marked A, B, and 0,) as shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings I have shown` a battery of ve basins, but ofv course a greater-.or less ferring t'o Fig. 1.

serai nu. 404,150. un, mau.)

structed according to any improved method," l

but they arepreferably dished at two points,-

as shown injFigs. 1 and 3, so as to divide each basin at the lbottom into two settling-chambers, as illustrated. When the basins have been properly constructed, they are connected by a series of. aerating-weirs, as shown at F F F F. These weirs are of a suitable width land. upon an incline and placed at the sides at opposite ends, so that the water enters the basin above one settling-chamber and leaves it above the other, as will be understood by re- The aerating -weir comprises aseries of Weir-boards H, (shown in Figs.:

-4 and 5,) lwhich are set slightlyat an angle'u pon the inclined Weir, so that the water'passing over the Weir-boards washes over an air-cushion or bed, as shown in Fig. 6. The Weir-boards extend beyond the weir proper, so that the air may freely circulate beneath the flowing wa ter. To further facilitate the circulation of the air beneath the water, I provide the weirboards with a series of lips h, which extend beyond the body of the board and thus divide the flowing water into a number of small falls. In the passage from one basin to another any suitable number ofA these Weir-boards may be employed. In arranging them I placethem vfar enough apart so that the water passes a.

considerable distance over the weir in a thin floods over the boards H. Y

When the basins have been properly conmy system of purifying and clarifying would or pumped into the basin A, so as to first enter the settling-chamber a, andafter flooding this shallow chamber would flow into the one a adjoining andfinally flood the whole basin, the overow passing over the weir F into the basin B, above the settling-chamber b. This` basinl wouldfbe flooded, as in ,the previous case, the water escaping over the Weir above the chamber b into the basin marked C, from thence into the one marked D, and finally into the `reservoir E, as indicated bythe arrows, from whence it would be drawn through the main I, freed of all its impurities. It will be noticed that only the clearest (the surface sheet,whici1is, of cou rse, wind-swept before it l p be as follows: The water to be purified is led ICO venient i noperative,

water) is permitted to escape.4 In order to guard against any break in one of the basins, incapacitating thewhole system, I provide a system of mains K, L, and M, communicating with all the basins. The main K enters the 'basins A, B, C, D, and E by means of the Ts A', B', C', D', and E', the main-L communieating with but the basins A, B, C and D by means of the Ts A", B", O",and`D", and the main M communicating with the basinsD and E by means of Ts D' and E". At a conpoint each T is providedwith a valve 1'1, 2 2', 3 3', 4. 4', and 5 5', the basin C being provided with the T it may be almost instantly disconnected or become defective or it could. be promptly"cut out by first opening the valve 2' within the T B" of the basin B. This T, being lower than the basin marked C should Weir, wouldpromptly permit the escape ofthe opening the valve 4.'

ofgthis water by means i within the T D" it would enter the basin Dabove the chamber d. The

basin C would thus b e stilLV Within the center of each'of the settlingchambers I provide a suitable hydraulic exhaust P in connection with a separate system of pipes N,

as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, by meansA of which the water, aswell as the collected deposit, may be drawn from the basins.

By the arrangement of my system of pipes any one or more of the basins may be cut out.

Having thus described my said invention, and the best means I know of operating the same, what I .claim as new, and desire t0 secure byp'United States Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for clarifying and puri- `tying water, the combination of a battery of communicating basins, each basin having its y bottom divided into two settling.,r chambers,

`valved washout pipes within said chambers,

vaerating inlet and escape weirs .connecting said basins, and `placed at the sides and at opposite ends, so that the Water enters thel basin above one settling chamber and leaves above the other, said aerating weirs comprising a declining plane, having a series of weir Now, if through .any accident one of the basins should getout otrepair or it becomes necessary to clean it,

new way, and then byboards set at an angle to the perpendicular lips tointerrupt the water How, and so arranged that the water shall ow in an air swept sheet before being collected and broken by said Weir boards, all substantially as and for'the purpose set forth. V

2. Inan apparatus'for purifying and clari-l fying water, the, combination and arrange; ment of a batteryof communicating provided with inlet and escape weirs, each basin being set at anelevatio'nslightly higher Athan the one preceding, said aerating weirs comprising a declining plane, provided with yso as to provide an air bed, each board being y provided with a series of upwardly extending` basins,

asystem of parallel inclined Weir boards hav. y ing a series of upwardly extending lips, all 'f arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v p w y i 3.. In an apparatus for'clariiying and puricommunicating basins, settling chambers within said basins,

within said chambers, aerating inlet and es cape weirs connecting said basins, and a-system ofidle water mains in valve connection 7o 'fying water, the combination of a battery of y valved washout pipesv with said basins, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v

. 4. v In' an apparatus forclarifying'and puri-I fying water,

and exhaust basin connected by an intermediate series of communicating basins, leach basin being further sub-divided into a settling in-take and exhaustsection, aeratingescapel welrs connecting said battery of basins,`th'e exhaust sectionof one basin emptying into and communicatingwith the receiving sec'- tion of the following basin, saidaerating weirs' 8o the combination ol` a battery of communicating basins comprisingan in-takeV dividing the `water linto .shallow wind-sweptn sheets in passing from lsaid in-take to'said exhaust settling sections, and lmeans for i1ling the first of said .battery of basins anden#l hausting the last of said basins, all arranged substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. In testimony whereof Iaix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. t

FRANK REYNOLDS. W itneSSes:

G. W. SUEs, JOHN SANDS. 

